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  1. Rec 75

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    When Eridians die young, they sometimes lay eggs as the body's last-ditch effort at preserving the species.

    When Grace meets Rocky, the Eridian is not alone on his ship.

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    15 Jun 2026

  2. Rec 23

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    “What do you want to be when you grow up?”
    “An astronaut! I’m going to fly into space one day!” Colton declared in all his five-year-old authority. “I’ll fly to the moon and look down at the entire Earth and see everything!”
    “You can’t look ‘down’ at Earth,” Ryland huffed. “There is no up or down in space.”
    “Whatever. You’ll come, too, won’t you Ry?”
    “No way, Colt. You’re the crazy one. I’ll just do the math for you to go to space.”
    “Deal!”

    Except, of course things don’t go that way. Ryland is the one that gets sent into space, leaving Colt behind on a cold and starving world. Ryland wakes up alone on a spaceship light years away from Earth, wondering why his face reminds him of someone else. Colt looks up towards the stars every day, wishing and wondering if he will ever get to see his brother again.

    In other words, the Coltland twins AU has consumed me and I had to write my piece about them, of them growing up over the years before being forced apart by their doomed narrative.

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    13 Jun 2026

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    When Rocky wakes up after Adrian, he's relieved they're both alive, but immediately knows that something is off with Grace. He's having trouble breathing, sleeping a lot, and spiking fevers. As much as Grace wants to blame it on lung irritation from the ammonia in Rocky's atmosphere, Rocky knows he's downplaying it, and it's not going to work.
    However, before he can actually do anything about it, the ship's power goes out. Taumoeba have gotten into the fuel and eaten all the astrophage, leaving them with no choice but to steal from the beetles.
    Which are on the outside of the ship.
    Which means two EVAs and a lot of lab work for Grace, all while his condition declines from what's quickly turning into a serious health problem. All Rocky can do is make sure he has what he needs and try to take care of him as best he can from afar, hoping they can get to safety before Grace's health is too fragile to recover.

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    06 Jun 2026

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    "My 100th earth birthday—my age if I’d never experienced time dilation—is coming up in a few months and Rocky is very excited about it. It’s touching how special he wants to make this human milestone for me and I wish I could be excited with him. Instead, I’m sitting with the knowledge that this is probably my last birthday…and I have no idea how to tell Rocky."

    Grace and Rocky discuss Grace's mortality as his 100th earth birthday approaches.

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    23 Apr 2026

  5. Rec 2

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    A scene retelling of 1 Samuel 20 between King Saul and his son Jonathan seated at the table of the New Moon feast with David gone. Saul is not in good spirits about this and tries to unravel the secret Jonathan has been hiding.

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    04 Jan 2026